in reply to Re^2: NET::Printer Module not printing to local printer
in thread NET::Printer Module not printing to local printer

running the command lp -d HP_Color_LaserJet_CP2025n "Test Sheet.txt" request id is HP_Color_LaserJet_CP2025n-8 (1 file(s))
On which machine did you run that? I'm thinking, if the module uses lp and lp is not installed on the webserver (and why should it, it's a webserver) that could be why it doesn't work. And so if you ran that command from your dev machine it doesn't tell us much.


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Re^4: NET::Printer Module not printing to local printer
by akwe-xavante (Acolyte) on May 02, 2019 at 12:01 UTC

    Sorry i was specifically thinking that you were sugesting that the the webserver apache required configuring in some way. On this linux box there is more than one server running, ftpd, apache, smb and others.

    The lp command was issued on the same limux box that the webserver is on

    all other boxes on the network are running Win7

    The code below inserted into the perl script works: system("lp -d HP_Color_LaserJet_CP2025n /path/to/filename.pdf");

    sucessfully and prints the test file, but is creates the problem that i don't get returned the perl script afterwards, not explored why yet, i'll look into this a later on today.

    I may have to abandom the NET::Printer module and explore exporting the print process to a shell command instead. It works, just need a little more thought and work to get back to the perl script without crashing it

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